04-11-2018, 02:48 AM
(04-08-2018, 02:48 AM)LP link Wrote:SoJ has no hope of becoming Tom Lynch(Crows), I think you are looking at SoJ through rose coloured glasses, he's half the speed, aerobic capacity and agility of the Crows version. No matter how hard to try if you do not have the right physiology you'll never get to the same aerobic capacity.
Perhaps our best chance of having a Tom Lynch(Crows) type player is Marchbank.
I think SoJ should reset himself to learn the midfield and become a Pendlebury type player allowing Cripps to spend more time as a F50 marking target. I think Carey was right, Cripps is great inside when he wins the ball but if he doesn't he is too slow and opposition players run off him and hurt us week after week. SoJ could be a better mix for that inside player and has a bit more pace than Cripps, as long as fans do not expect SoJ to be Cripps it could well work.
There is still room for this type of player in the game, but you have to have a game plan that suits them. What is the point of us having a fast break high speed game plan with a team loaded with Casboult, Wright, Daisy, Cripps, Curnow, Curnow, SoJ, Weitering and Kennedy. They are all sub-par on pace or agility! Some posters will think I'm being harsh on Charlie, but watch the first few games, despite his success he gets stuff all separation from defenders because he doesn't have the top speed. If he not continuously taking ridiculous numbers of contested marks he's going to be in big trouble as a KPF, because that form cannot last it won't see you through a season.
Jack did quite of bit of inside midfield in the last VFL practice match and did ok apparently.